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升

shēng

HSK 5 Character

What 升 means

1. to ascend; to rise
2. to promote; to elevate
3. liter
4. unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou {斗|dǒu})

Other readings

升 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shēngto ascend; to rise (variant of {升|shēng}); to promote; to elevate (variant of {升|shēng})
• shēngto ascend; to rise (variant of {升|shēng}); to promote; to elevate (variant of {升|shēng})

Example sentences

• 他升职了。
  Tā shēngzhí le.
  He got a promotion.
• 她晋升了。
  Tā jìnshēng le.
  She was promoted.
• 水在升高。
  The water is rising.
• 速度提升。
  Faster.
• 旗子升起了。
  Qízi shēngqǐ le.
  The flag is up.
• 烟从烟囱上升。
  Yān cóng yāncōng shàngshēng.
  Smoke is rising from the chimney.

Words starting with 升

• 升级shēng jíto go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) to upgrade
• 升值shēng zhíto rise in value; to appreciate
• 升起shēng qǐto raise; to hoist; to rise
• 升高shēng gāoto raise; to ascend
• 升华shēng huáto sublimate; sublimation (physics); to raise to a higher level
• 升学shēng xuéto enter the next grade school
• 升温shēng wēnto become hot; temperature rise; (fig.) to intensify
• 升空shēng kōngto rise to the sky; to lift off; to levitate
• 升入shēng rùto progress to (a higher-level school)
• 升旗shēng qíto raise a flag; to hoist a flag
• 升腾shēng téngto rise; to ascend; to leap up
• 升降shēng jiàngrising and falling
• 升天shēng tiānlit. to ascend to heaven; to die
• 升上shēng shàng(of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank)…
• 升迁shēng qiānto advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new…
• 升官shēng guānto get promoted
• 升任shēng rènto be promoted to
• 升格shēng gépromotion; upgrade
• 升幅shēng fúextent of an increase; percentage rise
• 升压shēng yāto boost the pressure (of a fluid); to boost (or step up) the voltage
• 升市shēng shìrising prices; bull market
• 升序shēng xùascending order
• 升息shēng xī(finance) to raise interest rates
• 升职shēng zhíto get promoted (at work etc); promotion

Words containing 升

• 晋升jìn shēngto promote to a higher position
• 飙升biāo shēngto rise rapidly; to soar
• 上升shàng shēngto rise; to go up; to ascend
• 提升tí shēngto promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate…
• 直升机zhí shēng jīhelicopter
• 毫升háo shēngmilliliter
• 回升huí shēngto rise again after a fall; to pick up; rally (stock market etc)
• 攀升pān shēngto clamber up; (of prices etc) to rise
• 高升gāo shēngto get a promotion
• 公升gōng shēngliter
• 飞升fēi shēngto fly upwards; (fig.) to rise; to increase; (Daoism) to ascend to heaven…
• 初升chū shēngrising (sun, moon etc)
• 歌舞升平gē wǔ shēng píng(lit.) to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom)…
• 分升fēn shēngdeciliter
• 推升tuī shēngto cause (prices etc) to rise
• 调升tiáo shēngto adjust upward; to upgrade; (price) hike
• 超升chāo shēngexaltation
• 小升初xiǎo shēng chūprogression from elementary school to junior high (abbr. for 小学生升入初中生
• 上升空间shàng shēng kōng jiānupside; potential to rise
• 步步高升bù bù gāo shēngto climb step by step; to rise steadily; on the up and up
• 圣母升天节Shèng mǔ shēng tiān jiéAssumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)
• 微升wēi shēngmicroliter; to increase slightly
• 全球气候升温quán qiú qì hòu shēng wēnglobal warming
• 耶稣升天节Yē sū Shēng tiān jiéAscension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)

Characters that look like 升

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 计jìto calculate; to compute; to count
• 册cèbook; booklet; classifier for books
• 丹dānred; pellet; powder
• 井jǐnga well; neat; orderly
• 扑pūto throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies
• 毋wú(literary) no; don't; to not have

Sounds the same

Read shēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 生to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 声sound; voice; tone
• 牲domestic animal; sacrificial animal
• 笙sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
• 甥(bound form) sister's son; nephew
• 昇(used as a surname and in given names)
• 泩rising of water
• 鼪stoat; weasel
• 呏gallon; quart
• 曻variant of 升